Bucks Lake California-1938: A Slow Pan Of A Mountain Scene With A Lake And Pines

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationBucks Lake, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Bucks Lake California

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A Slow Pan Of A Mountain Scene With A Lake And Pines — Clip Details

A slow pan across a serene mountain landscape at Bucks Lake, California, in 1938. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures a tranquil lake nestled among pine trees and rolling hills, with a distinct purple color cast typical of vintage home movies. The camera glides gently, revealing the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada wilderness. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor life, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127261758

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Bucks Lake, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie landscape footage for productions needing a calm Sierra Nevada lake-and-pines establishing view or nature cutaway.
Period detail: The clip shows no dated objects, but the 8mm home-movie format, color shift, and supplied 1938 Bucks Lake metadata support a late-1930s outdoor travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The slow pan has the feel of a visitor pausing to record scenery rather than staged action, preserving a quiet personal view of lake, trees, and hills.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall pines, brushy foreground growth, blue lake water, distant wooded hills, sky, shoreline, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld drift, and a purple-blue color cast that reads as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a mountain travel or outdoor-history sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a recreational mountain-lake setting in California as seen through a home-movie camera, without visible people, structures, vehicles, or commercial activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or evident private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm Bucks Lake footage, California mountain lake home movie, Sierra Nevada pines and lake pan, and vintage outdoor landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Bucks Lake or California mountain scenes, then broader lake, pine forest, and Sierra Nevada nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bucks Lake, California, in supplied 1938 metadata, with pines and foreground brush framing lake water and distant hills. — Pines and brush frame a mountain lake with wooded hills in the distance.

A slow pan view at Bucks Lake shows tall pines, shoreline water, and a wooded ridge under a pale sky. — Tall pines stand between the camera and the lake, with hills beyond.

The pan continues across dense evergreens and brush toward Bucks Lake and the wooded hills behind it. — Evergreens and brush fill the foreground as the lake appears behind them.

Near the end of the pan, pines and shrubs overlook Bucks Lake, with blue water and a wooded ridge visible beyond. — Pines and shrubs overlook the lake as the pan settles on the wooded shoreline.

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